やけ食ぐい

や

け

ぐ

い

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

binge eating; stress eating

Eating excessively out of frustration, anger, or despair. Often used in casual contexts.

失しつ恋れんして、昨日きのうはやけ食ぐいしちゃった。
After the heartbreak, I ended up binge eating yesterday.
ストレスがたまると、ついやけ食ぐいしてしまう。
When I'm stressed, I can't help but stress eat.

Written forms

やけ食ぐいUsage85%
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling. The やけ part is often written in kana.
自棄やけ食ぐいUsage8%
Kanji spelling using 自棄 (やけ, despair). Rare and literary.
やけぐいUsage8%
ヤケ食ぐい
Katakana variant for emphasis or casual style.
焼やけ食ぐい
Kanji spelling using 焼け (やけ, burning). Rare and may be confused with literal 'burning and eating'.
焼やけ食ぐい
Abbreviated kanji spelling. Very rare.
ヤケぐい

Kanji

食eat, food
自oneself
棄abandon, throw away, discard
焼

Similar words

過か食しょく
過食 is a more clinical term for overeating or hyperphagia, while やけ食い specifically implies emotional eating due to negative feelings.
ドカ食ぐい
ドカ食い refers to eating a large amount in one sitting, often rapidly, without necessarily the emotional trigger of やけ食い.

Etymology

From やけ (despair, desperation) + 食い (eating). The やけ part is often associated with 自棄 (やけ, self-abandonment) or 焼け (やけ, burning), but the exact derivation is uncertain.

bake, burning